Seeding-machine.



PATENTED JULY 12, 1904.

L. E. WATERMAN. SEEDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUN}! 22, 1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

I0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented July 12, 1904.

PATENT ()FFICE.

LEWIS E. WATERMAN, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO EMERSONMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, A OORPORA- TION OILLINOIS.

SEVEDING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION-forming part of Letters Patent No. 765,114, dated July 12,1904.

Application filed June 22, 1904. Serial No. 213,619. (No modeL) To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS E. WVATERMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seeding-Machines,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in seeding machines, employedprincipally in planting cotton, of the same general type as shown anddescribed in my copending application, filed January 22, 1903, SerialNo. 140,185, in which a bed is previously thrown up and theseeding-machine in passing over the bed removes the top hardenedsurface,with its weeds, opens up a furrow, deposits the seed in thefurrow, and finally covers the seed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improvedseeding-machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation.Fig. 4: is a transverse section of the frames, showing the support forthe seedbox.

The wheels 1 support an axle 2.

The main frame is composed of the side bars 3 and end bar 4. The sidebars have a connection with the axle and extend forward therefrom. Atongue 5 has two bars 6 and 7 secured to the sides thereof and arecurved outward and extend rearward parallel with the side bars 3 of themain frame, forming the sections 8 and 9. A pivotal connection is formedbetween the forward ends of the side bars of the main frame and therearwardlyextending sections 8 and 9 by the brackets 10.

A seat 11 is supported by braces 12, connected to the end bar 4 of themain frame, and a center support 13, connected to the axle. A toothedquadrant 14 is supported by the center support 13. A hand-lever 15 has apivotal connection with the support 13 and is provided with the usualdog and thumb-lever arrangement for engaging the toothed quadrant. Twolinks 16 have a pivotal connection at one end with the hand-lever and attheir other ends with the rearwardly-extending sections 8 and 9.

The tongue 5 supports a sweep 17 by the branches of the sweep-stock 18,extending upwardly outside of the tongue and having their upper endsconnected by a cross 19, through which a bolt 20 passes. A rod 21 hasone end connected to the tongue and its other end passing through thecross-receiving nuts on each side of the cross. A brace 22 has one endconnected to the under side of the tongue and its other end pivotallyconnected to the sweep-stock, thereby holding the sweep in properworking position.

A seedbox 23 is located centrally between the side bars 3 of the mainframe and is supported by brackets 24, secured to the seedbox and to therearwardly-extending sections 8 and 9. From the forward face of theseedbox 23 extends two supports 25 and located in line with the pivotalconnection between the main frame and the rearwardly-extending sections8 and 9. A shaft 26 is supported by the supports 25 and one of thebrackets 10 and has a gear connection with the seed-dropping mechanismof the seedbox. This shaft extends beyond the side of therearwardly-extending section 9 and supports a sprocketwheel 27. A chain28 connects this sprocketwheel 27 with a sprocket-wheel 29, secured tothe axle 2.

A furrow-opener 30 is supported by a seeddischarge tube 31, connected tothe rearwardly-extending sections 8 and 9. This tube has a brace 32connecting it with one of the supports 25.

Covering-shovels 33 have a connection with the rearwardly-extendingsections 8 and 9 and are located in rear of the lower end of theseed-discharge tube 31.

The sweep, furrow-opener, seedbox, and covering-shovels are supported tobe moved together by means of the lifting-lever and can be held elevatedor forced into the ground. The sweep will remove the hardened top of thebed, also the weeds. The furrow-opener The rearwardly-eXtending branches8 and 9 in their connection with the tongue may be termed atongue-supporting frame.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a seeding-machine, a main frame supportedon carrying-wheels, a tongue-frame having a connection with the mainframe, the side bars of the tongue-frame lying outside the side bars ofthe main frame, a seedbox disposed within the main frame, bracketscarried by the tongue-frame and supporting said seedboX, afurrow-opener, covering devices and a sweep supported from thetongue-frame, and means for raising and lowering the latternamed framerelatively to the main frame.

2. In a seeding-machine, an axle supported on carrying-wheels, a mainframe, a tongueframe having a connection with the main frame and locatedwithout the same, a seedboX, furrow-opener, covering devices and a sweepcarried by the tongue-frame, and means for raising and lowering saidlatter-named frame.

3. In a seeding-machine, a main frame supported on carrying-wheels, atongue-frame pivoted to the main frame, the side bars of thetongue-frame lying outside the side bars of the main frame, a seedbox,furrow-opener, covering devices and a sweep supported from thetongue-frame, and means for raising and lowering the latter-named framerelatively to the main frame.

frame, the side bars of the tongue-frame ly- I ing outside the side barsof the main frame, a bracket secured to each side bar of thetongueframe, said brackets overhanging the side bars of the main frame,a seedbox mounted upon said brackets, a furrow-opener, covering-shovelsand a sweep supported from the tongue-frame, and means for raising andlowering the rear end of the latter-named frame relatively to the mainframe.

5. In a seeding-machine, a main frame supported on carrying wheels, atongue-frame having a pivotal connection with the main frame, the sidebars of the tongue-frame lying outside the side bars of the main frameand terminating at a point forward of the wheel-axle, a seedbox,furrow-opener, covering devices and a sweep supported from thetongue-frame, an operating-lever for raising and lowering the rear endof the tongueframe, and links connecting said latter-named frame withthe operating-lever.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

' LEWIS E. WATERMAN. I/Vitnesses:

G. E. HENRY, A. O. BEHEL.

